‘SAT3 prices similar to SEACOM’

These price cuts are likely to benefit broadband consumers in the long run with lower bandwidth pricing and/or higher usage limits. Telkom has in fact already increased their standard usage limits on its own ADSL accounts, something which consumers may see from more service providers.
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I'm waiting.

So far Telkom's pricing is not internationally competitive. So far Telkom's pricing is ridiculous and they've done nothing to make bandwidth/usage more affordable to its customers. What's their excuse?

****, Telkom.
 
Telkom thinks that they can impress everybody with little improvement. I think that THEY ALL think we have no clue what's going on in the rest of the world. But kudos for price cuts... Now improve.
 
Man, who wrote this? It is just about the sloppiest piece of journalism I've ever encountered. It raises so many questions, but not one of those questions get asked in this story! Why, oh, why!!! :mad:

While consumers may eagerly await drastic price cuts in coming months, significant international bandwidth price reductions have in fact already occurred.
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None of which has been passed on to cash-strapped consumers. Will they ever? I'm still paying what I was paying 2 years ago.

Telkom’s Chief of Strategy Naas Fourie told MyBroadband that recent price reductions mean that the company’s SAT3/SAFE bandwidth pricing is in line with Seacom’s published rates.
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Are Seacom rates really so much cheaper than SAT3's? Has Telkom really dropped their prices by so much? Someone is lying. Why doesn't the "staff writer" journalist let us in on who is telling outrageous porkies!

Telkom has in fact already increased their standard usage limits on its own ADSL accounts, something which consumers may see from more service providers.
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Oh no, they haven't, they are simply hard capping accounts at the point they were previously soft-capping them. Effectively, 3GB users get 500MB more, 2GB users get the same, while 1GB users are 500MB worse off. And all three have to pay higher compulsory telephone line rentals, whether they need a landline or not.
 
Gatecrasher said:
Man, who wrote this? It is just about the sloppiest piece of journalism I've ever encountered. It raises so many questions, but not one of those questions get asked in this story! Why, oh, why!!! :mad:



None of which has been passed on to cash-strapped consumers. Will they ever? I'm still paying what I was paying 2 years ago.



Are Seacom rates really so much cheaper than SAT3's? Has Telkom really dropped their prices by so much? Someone is lying. Why doesn't the "staff writer" journalist let us in on who is telling outrageous porkies!



Oh no, they haven't, they are simply hard capping accounts at the point they were previously soft-capping them. Effectively, 3GB users get 500MB more, 2GB users get the same, while 1GB users are 500MB worse off. And all three have to pay higher compulsory telephone line rentals, whether they need a landline or not.
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+1 to Everything, especially the last point. The person who wrote this artical
thinks we're all as thick as they are.
 
Telkom has in fact already increased their standard usage limits on its own ADSL accounts, something which consumers may see from more service providers.
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Well, by giving us 1 or 2gb's more, wont make them more internationally competitive----THATS A FACT
 
Price cuts? where naas? what cuts, o wait his cut of pie.
 
I don't see SEACOM charging per Gigabyte of throughput in any of their offerings.
I DO see SEACOM charging per Gigabyte per second for the throughput though.
i.e. Why exactly do CAPS exist?
 
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In the past 4 years pricing has dropped quite siginificantly (although still not nearly enough). We used to pay R7000 per 64kbps of international (4 years ago) - now we pay about R1050 per 64kbps.

On a side note, we're quite prepared to pay a premium for SAT3 over Seacom, due to it a) being an established, stable service, and b) having lower latency to Europe (approximately 60ms less).
 
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Wow so there trying to convince us now that we are not getting ripped off anymore......wish we could compare Telkom service to the rest of the worlds ADSL providers.......oh wait we can and guess what we are still getting ripped off...sigh...Hope Seacom's new cable make a significant impact on cap prices and the amounts offer by ISP's but we have to wait and see......
 
The only time I will be satisfied is when I can get a stand-alone 6 Mbps DSL line, [virtually] uncapped for R350 per month like our American counterparts.

Until then... I will complain like there's no tomorrow.

Booooooooh :(
 
I have a theory that the first 'major' cut in bandwidth/data pricing will come after the 2010 World Cup. Telkom currently needs all the bandwidth they can get for their role in the tournament.
Conveniently, their yearly pricing announcement coincide with the end of the 2010 tournament.
 
Telkom also does not seem particularly keen on Seacom, giving a strong indication that it feels its immediate international bandwidth needs are well served by the SAT3/SAFE system.
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Evidently what Telkom "feels" and what the reality is are two wildly different things! :erm:
 
It seems like they can fill up the ocean with cables, but until blatant profiteering by f-hom (telkom & eskom) and others stop, well until then the good news is that staff writer will still have a job...

Is there NO-one that can give us REAL info re, pricing? like a member asked: if they get billed per throughput, then why the hell are we paying per GB?


Staff Writer-err: I have been informed by a source(aka my gardener) that after 1 pentabyta of data telkom will have to replace all cabling and interfaces, thus there reason for charging us per GB
 
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Actually, I've heard from someone on the inside @ MTNSP that they have been paying way less for bandwidth for a while now.

The service providers just arent passing it on to the consumers.. so unfortunately we cant blame telkom on this one
 
zeely said:
Actually, I've heard from someone on the inside @ MTNSP that they have been paying way less for bandwidth for a while now.

The service providers just arent passing it on to the consumers.. so unfortunately we cant blame telkom on this one
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Ja, I also heard that. My guess is the ISPs are waiting for Seacom to go live before they make their move.... or they are keeping prices at the same level as they started their contract cycle on and will drop the prices when they start a new contract cycle. I dunno... not excusing it. But I remain confident that we will see some price reductions in the next three months.
 
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I don't see SEACOM charging per Gigabyte of throughput in any of their offerings.
I DO see SEACOM charging per Gigabyte per second for the throughput though.
i.e. Why exactly do CAPS exist?
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Because if everyone had uncapped internet access, those connections over seacom would be maxed out at the most important times for every business, which leads to completely unusable internet, leading ultimately in a loss for everyone.

By having virtual limits, an ISP can regulate these pipes easier and sell their services at an afforable price. I can promise you, uncapped accounts for every person out there would cost a lot more.
 
Staff Writer? isnt that RPM? I just think that if an article like this is published on this site, its the responsibility of whomever including RPM to counter the article with the questions and truth we demand! stating those facts on the forum doesnt hit as hard if its in article form for other publications to see!
 
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now may we be as bold as to ask the "Staff Writer" to write a follow-up article stating the following:

- SAIX prices to ISPs with the pricing from 2 years, 1 year and today compared.
- The same comparision for pricing of other types of data lines to businesses and local web hosting companies.

Then, please ask some of the more popular ISPs, Web hosts (local), and resellers if (and how) they have passed on those supposed savings to the end-users.
 
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